Reformist presidential hopeful Mehdi Karroubi aims to improve ties with Washington, a top aide said on Thursday, although Iran’s supreme ruler urged voters to shun pro-West candidates in next month’s election. If Karroubi wins the June 12 poll he will work to iron out chronic issues with Washington in a bid to ease economic sanctions imposed on Iran over its controversial nuclear plan, Mohammad Ali Najafi told reporters. “We are ready to comprehensively solve our problems regarding the United States with a motto of change for change,” said Najafi, a key member of Karroubi’s economic team. “Boosting foreign investment and helping private sector to use foreign partners’ money, technology and management is a priority in our plans,” he told a news conference.
